Bloomberg appoints Rai its Asia AI reporter
Bloomberg has tapped Saritha Rai to serve as Asia artificial intelligence reporter. In her new role, she will cover startups, innovation, big enterprises, of regulation of AI in India, China, Japan and South Korea. Recently, she held the post of India technology correspondent. Previously, Rai was at Forbes, where she served as a contributor and […]
Bloomberg hires Strumpf to cover India economy and politics
Bloomberg News has hired Dan Strumpf to cover India politics and the economy. He formerly covered technology and corporate news in Asia for The Wall Street Journal. He wrote about some of China’s biggest tech companies including Huawei and Xiaomi, as well as broader topics like China’s semiconductor industry and multinational companies operating in China. In 2018, […]
Bloomberg News seeks a Walmart reporter
Walmart is both the largest private employer in the U.S. and the biggest retailer in the world, and we’re looking for an ambitious, creative newshound to get scoops and dive deep on its continuing transformation from brick-and-mortar store fleet into a global advertising, health-care and delivery behemoth. With 90% of Americans living within 10 miles […]
FT hires Ring as legal correspondent
The Financial Times has hired Suzi Ring to be its legal correspondent. She has been at Bloomberg News covering health care since January 2020. Previously, Ring was an enforcements and investigations reporter and a Brexit reporter for Bloomberg. She also worked at Legal Week and at Financial News. Ring has a bachelor’s degree from the University of […]
Biz journalist Urban has died
Rob Urban, who spent nearly three decades at Bloomberg News in a variety of positions, has died. He most recently was a news editor at Investopedia. He was director of editorial development for real estate publication The Real Deal in 2021 and 2022, expanding The Real Deal’s presence in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, […]
Malingha takes on new role at Bloomberg
Bloomberg has appointed David Malingha to the post of senior editor EMEA news desk, from his recent post of East Africa bureau chief. Malingha has been with Bloomberg for over a decade, also holding the posts of Rwanda, Eastern Congo and Burundi correspondent, Tanzania correspondent, East Africa correspondent and Nigeria correspondent. Malingha completed his graduation […]
Poritz to cover general tech for Bloomberg Industry
Isaiah Poritz, a technology law reporter at Bloomberg Industry Group, has switched beats to cover general tech and internet law issues. Poritz interned at OpenSecrets, where he covered campaign finance, and the Salt Lake City Weekly, he covered politics and culture. He also interned at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and CBS News. Poritz graduated from Emory […]
Media Movers: KFF Health News’ Alex Wayne
If our health is a gift, Alex Wayne’s new job might have come with a giant bow. He just took on an exciting role with KFF Health News, which he describes as a “leading nonprofit newsroom covering one of the most chronically undercovered, yet vital subjects for all humans: their health.” [Editor’s note: Whether health is […]
Bloomberg launching “Bloomberg Brief” morning show
Bloomberg Television announced Thursday the launch of “Bloomberg Brief,” a daily morning program. It will start on Sept. 18 and air at 5 a.m. “Bloomberg Brief” will be co-hosted by Dani Burger and Manus Cranny from New York. Cranny joins the show from his previous role hosting “Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East” and “Daybreak Europe” from […]
Bloomberg Media launches new ad campaign
Bloomberg Media has launched a new ad campaign using the “Context Changes Everything” tag line, reports Ray Schultz of Publishers Daily. Schultz reports, “The campaign, created in collaboration with Wieden+Kennedy New York, will run on Linkedin, X and Facebook, and OOH across bus shelters, train stations, airports and taxi and rideshare tops. “The budget was not […]
